the episcopal church of the redeemer
may 6, 2018 . 5PM
FREE, no tickets required 

Address: ​6201 Dunrobbin Drive | Bethesda, MD | 20816

Inscape Chamber Orchestra returns to The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer where they have been the Ensemble-in-Residence since 2005.  The program, entitled “Songs of the Earth,” features two works that circle the globe. Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, set for small ensemble and mezzo-soprano, contains eleven arrangements of folk songs from various origins including the United States, Armenia, France, Sicily, Sardinia, while Gustav Mahler’s expansive The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) will be heard in an expert arrangement for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schoenberg. Featuring two voices, Mahler’s emotive work was written after the composer read Hans Bethge’s Die chinesische Flöte (The Chinese Flute), a volume of ancient Chinese poetry from which he chose seven poems to set to music.

program:

Luciano Berio                   Folk Songs
      Sarah Best, soprano

Gustav Mahler                 Das Lied von der Erde  (trans. A. Schoenberg)
       Louisa Waycott, alto
       Patrick Cook, tenor

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This concert will be performed again at Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  For details, click here.